N.A.C.A. Flight-Path Angle and Air-Speed Recorder
Description:
"A new trailing bomb-type instrument for photographically recording the flight-path angle and air speed of aircraft in unaccelerated flight is described. The instrument consists essentially of an inclinometer, air-speed meter and a film-drum case. The inclinometer carries an oil-damped pendulum which records optically the flight-path angle upon a rotating motor-driven film drum. The air-speed meter consists of a taut metal diaphragm of high natural frequency which is acted upon by the pressure …
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Date:
April 1926
Creator:
Coleman, Donald G.
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UNT Libraries Government Documents Department